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Fairfax consortium looks to acquire struggling mobile company

Financial services firm and existing Blackberry shareholder Fairfax has agreed to acquire the struggling phone company. The news followsBlackBerry’s loss of up to $995 million in its fiscal Q2 and plans to fire 4,500 employees. Its Canadian counterpart, who owns around ten per cent of its shares, has bought the …

The right may be the path of the dark side, but it also appears to be adept at fast driving. That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a recent parliamentary race-off held at the Houses of Parliament that saw MPs compete to set a fastest lap time at Monza …

Supermarket behemoth Tesco has detailed its promotional plans for the launch of FIFA 14. The blockbuster football title launches on Friday, and the supermarket will be selling the game from midnight from 750 of its shops. What’s more, Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson will be visiting Tesco’s Cheshunt store the …

The physical market is not in decline, Xbox Live product manager Pav Bhardwaj has stated. "I don’t genuinely believe that there will be more digital and less physical product," Bhardwaj told OXM. "I actually think the entire market will grow. I think there’s room for both – there’s a certain …

Real-world terrain data used to create accurate in-game landscape consisting of 22 billion blocks

Rockstar may offer gamers the chance to buy in-game currency using real cash in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto Online, it is being suggested. Kotaku carries word from tipsters on Reddit who claim to have found reference to the functionality in files on Rockstar’s servers that are accessible when attempting …

Xbox manufacturer partners with China's media giant BesTV

Identifying gaming as a high potential space in India, Lenovo has introduced a couple of gaming laptops and its CES-award winning Horizon 27 desktop in the country. The 15.6-inch, Intel Core i7 and Windows 8 powered IdeaPad Y510p packs in Nvidia Geforce GT 750M 2 GB dual graphics and is …

Exposure is biggest factor in determining the public perception of video games